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be ryan. that was the advice they dished to "the new york times" today. but is that really the smart move, really? joan walsh is editor-at-large of salon and author of "what's the matter with white people." and eugene robinson is a pulitzer prize win be columnist from "the washington post." i think there are problems marrying paul ryan politically like his positions. isn't that the reason why romney kissed him, said good-bye, i like your name, ryan is cute, but i'm not going to get too close to a guy who wants to basically get rid of medicare, cut medicaid, get rid of pell grants and do all kinds of things to make rich people richer. he doesn't want to get too tight with that thinking, does he? >> no, he doesn't. this is a really banner day for us because it's so rare that liberals and conservatives can agree about anything, as you know, but today we can all say together, yes, please let paul ryan be ryan. please let paul ryan go out -- go to florida and say, i want to turn medicare into a vou
be ryan. that was the advice they dished to "the new york times" today. but is that really the smart move, really? joan walsh is editor-at-large of salon and author of "what's the matter with white people." and eugene robinson is a pulitzer prize win be columnist from "the washington post." i think there are problems marrying paul ryan politically like his positions. isn't that the reason why romney kissed him, said good-bye, i like your name, ryan is cute, but i'm...
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and let ryan be ryan. we say bring it on. let's look at the real paul ryan right here on "hardball." you're watching it. the place for politics. i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. massmutual is owned by our policyholders so they matter most to us. massmutual. we'll help you get there. just begin with america's favorite soups. bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> i'm milissa. here is what is happening. the president and first laid dpee taped an interview on "the view" earlier. president obama stopped short of calling it a terrorism but said it's clear it wasn't just a mob. ahmadinejad said that israel would be
and let ryan be ryan. we say bring it on. let's look at the real paul ryan right here on "hardball." you're watching it. the place for politics. i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. massmutual is owned by our...
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and let ryan be ryan. we say bring it on. let's look at the real paul ryan right here on "hardball." you're watching it. the place for politics. >>> i'm milissa. >>> welcome back to "hardball." conservatives swoon for congressman paul ryan when he was chosen for the republican ticket, but he's since played the classic role of second fiddle. moderating his positions on both fiscal and cultural issues to conform to romney's views. well, now that romney/ryan campaign is coming off a bit of a couple rough weeks there. some conservatives have just got the answer. simply let ryan be ryan. that was the advice they dished to "the new york times" today. but is that really the smart move, really? joan walsh is editor-at-large of salon and author of "what's the matter with white people." and eugene robinson is a pulitzer prize win be columnist from "the washington post." i think there are problems marrying paul ryan politically like his positions. isn't that the reason why romney kissed him, said good-bye, i like you
and let ryan be ryan. we say bring it on. let's look at the real paul ryan right here on "hardball." you're watching it. the place for politics. >>> i'm milissa. >>> welcome back to "hardball." conservatives swoon for congressman paul ryan when he was chosen for the republican ticket, but he's since played the classic role of second fiddle. moderating his positions on both fiscal and cultural issues to conform to romney's views. well, now that romney/ryan...
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in the first interview romney and ryan gave after ryan joined the ticket, bob schieffer pointed out ryan budget plan, including his plan to voucherize, that's a great word, medicare, could be trouble for romney. let's listen. >> there's no question your campaign has been trying to make this a election a referendum on barack obama. now some people are saying you are making it a referendum on paul ryan's budget plan. >> well, i have my budget plan, as you know, that i have put out, and that's the budget plan that we're going to run on. >> and again this sunday romney had to distance himself from ryan's positions and assert that he's the man at the top of the ticket. let's listen. >> the president's cutting $716 billion from current medicare. i disagree with that. i'd put those dollars back into medicare. >> mr. ryan has proposed something similar, almost precisely the same number, 716. >> he was going to use that money to reduce the budget deficit. i'm putting it back into medicare and i'm the guy running for president. >> well, what a miserable time he has. all he does is defend himself a
in the first interview romney and ryan gave after ryan joined the ticket, bob schieffer pointed out ryan budget plan, including his plan to voucherize, that's a great word, medicare, could be trouble for romney. let's listen. >> there's no question your campaign has been trying to make this a election a referendum on barack obama. now some people are saying you are making it a referendum on paul ryan's budget plan. >> well, i have my budget plan, as you know, that i have put out,...
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so i do think that ryan thinks about it. my sense is that he wants to get out there and be more in front on this ticket. whether that creates tension, i don't know. there's no question that at one point, mitt romney and paul ryan really liked one another, and really thought they were going to gel. we have not seen that yet. and frankly, they need to do that in october if they're going to begin to turn this campaign around. >> is this important to you? do you see they have to look like they like each other? look like a duet. >> and i haven't seen anything that shows that they don't personally like each other. they seem to be getting together fine on the bus. >> i think they're two different people. there's one person, we all know the terms, conviction politician. that's ryan. nobody would ever call mitt romney a conviction politician, ever. they're not to be confused. anyway, thank you john nichols, and thank you, michael shere. when we return or when i return, let me finish with the democratic party's big opportunity to beco
so i do think that ryan thinks about it. my sense is that he wants to get out there and be more in front on this ticket. whether that creates tension, i don't know. there's no question that at one point, mitt romney and paul ryan really liked one another, and really thought they were going to gel. we have not seen that yet. and frankly, they need to do that in october if they're going to begin to turn this campaign around. >> is this important to you? do you see they have to look like...
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congressman paul ryan as his nning mate. which the campaign came under critism,hey ed h t unleash the young conservative star, ryan. today comes news of romney/ryan infusion. the two will be spending more time together on the trail in the coming weeks. will this double act, duo, engizehe cpaig mil rer writes for "time" magazine. michael, you first. i was impressed when he picked a guy that showed guts, picked a conservative with a real agenda, a real word on the budt, tricky stuff like medicare chges and then he had his good speech. they both had good speeches together. and then he seemed to have a one-might stand with the guy and split. now he's back saying we're dang again, we're going to show up together. what's that about? >> remember that week when they rst came together, the word from the campaign, the press was bold >>was ld. >>waboick. the idea was, you bring ryan in and he -- you make mitt romney, who's never been conservative, golden boy into a movement leader, an ideological leader. >> but they didn't really dig i
congressman paul ryan as his nning mate. which the campaign came under critism,hey ed h t unleash the young conservative star, ryan. today comes news of romney/ryan infusion. the two will be spending more time together on the trail in the coming weeks. will this double act, duo, engizehe cpaig mil rer writes for "time" magazine. michael, you first. i was impressed when he picked a guy that showed guts, picked a conservative with a real agenda, a real word on the budt, tricky stuff...
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go ahead. >> ryan is setting himself up to be -- ryan is setting himself up here to be what he has always wanted to be win or lose. so the election doesn't determine ryan's fate. if romney loses, there's going to be a huge chorus for the republican party saying it was just that guy's fault. it's not our ideas, it's not -- >> whose fault? >> mitt romney's fault. >> that's what i think. john, you're ready for the nation, not a right win ger, but they won't say that ryan has too much weight on the ticket. they will say it didn't have enough ideological weight to win. >> i think you're right about that but i also think that paul ryan is worried about that issue. and, you know, paul ryan is a very ambitious political player. he's a nice guy, hard worker, very disciplined. i think much more disciplined than mitt romney. >> but he's up at 4:00 in the morning and does pushups. it's pretty amazing. >> and hundreds of them. while watch you rage against the machine. but is he a disciplined player with a political career track. i think he is worried about being in the bottom of a badly losing ticket.
go ahead. >> ryan is setting himself up to be -- ryan is setting himself up here to be what he has always wanted to be win or lose. so the election doesn't determine ryan's fate. if romney loses, there's going to be a huge chorus for the republican party saying it was just that guy's fault. it's not our ideas, it's not -- >> whose fault? >> mitt romney's fault. >> that's what i think. john, you're ready for the nation, not a right win ger, but they won't say that ryan...
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today comes news of romney/ryan infusion. time together on the trail in the coming weeks will this double act, duo, enerzehe campaig michael sheerer writes for "time" magazine. michael, you first. i was impressed when he picd guy thawe ts picked a conservative with a real agenda, a real word on the budget, tricky stuff like medicare changes and then he had his good speech. they both had good speeches together. and thene seemed to have a one-might stand with the guy and split. now he'sack saying we're dating again, we'ring to show utogeer. rbeatk t ficameogether, t w from the campaign, the pss was bold. >> it was bold. >> it was a bold pick. the idea was, you bring ryan in and he -- you make mitt romney, who's never been conservative, golden boy into aovemt er iog lr. the issue of medicare, which is a very delicate dance for them, especially in states like florida. i think what they've seen the last few weeks is the story is now about mitt mney personally, and by bringing ryan back in, they turn it back, they're hoping, into s
today comes news of romney/ryan infusion. time together on the trail in the coming weeks will this double act, duo, enerzehe campaig michael sheerer writes for "time" magazine. michael, you first. i was impressed when he picd guy thawe ts picked a conservative with a real agenda, a real word on the budget, tricky stuff like medicare changes and then he had his good speech. they both had good speeches together. and thene seemed to have a one-might stand with the guy and split. now...
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we all watched that speech of ryan's and heard what ryan said. it's incredible what he's saying now, congressman, he never said what it seemed like he said. >> paul is a good catholic and you have to remember what sisters of notre dame would teach us, oh the evil webb we weave when first we practice to deceive. >> is that in the bible? i don't think so. >> but the sisters recited it pretty well. and i think that that's it. when you make a statement from your political party that fact checking doesn't matter. >> yeah. >> well, that's created a whole lot of new jobs for people who are -- want to hear the facts and be the proof. the other thing, chris, this becomes personal. people are now taking a look at guy who proposed to privatize social security and taking a look at the guy who wanted to privatize medicare, they're looking at, you know, getting rid of the guarantee and what it means to them and the medicaid cuts and what that means to the very least amongst us, mostly the frail, elderly and disabled. speaking the truth. >> so does it spill ove
we all watched that speech of ryan's and heard what ryan said. it's incredible what he's saying now, congressman, he never said what it seemed like he said. >> paul is a good catholic and you have to remember what sisters of notre dame would teach us, oh the evil webb we weave when first we practice to deceive. >> is that in the bible? i don't think so. >> but the sisters recited it pretty well. and i think that that's it. when you make a statement from your political party...
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the same thing is going to happen here with ryan. joe biden -- paul ryan can have all his statistics and all of this. here's what joe biden is going to do. >> how do you do tt statistic thing, that dance? i want to get that. go ahead. >> we're going to do it tonight after obama's speech. i just want to say this. what biden will do, and here he's going to be particularly good against paul ryan. he is going to be able in a gentle way that people care about to actually mock the kind of mistruths that paul ryan has been doing not only at the convention speech but before. he is really going to show paul ryan for who he is, not in a mean way, but in a way that matters to people. he's going to knock it out of the park against paul ryan. he'll have paul ryan flummoxed. >> having covered joe biden at various hearings he's conducted when he was on the hill, he will be very prepared. i reported on the huffington post yesterday he's already spent 60 hours in debate prep. he's studying hard for this. he wants to be underestimated on this in terms
the same thing is going to happen here with ryan. joe biden -- paul ryan can have all his statistics and all of this. here's what joe biden is going to do. >> how do you do tt statistic thing, that dance? i want to get that. go ahead. >> we're going to do it tonight after obama's speech. i just want to say this. what biden will do, and here he's going to be particularly good against paul ryan. he is going to be able in a gentle way that people care about to actually mock the kind of...
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paul ryan has all these unspecified spending cuts. so when obama and others say are you going to take people off pell grants and throw them out of head start, he goes no, we're not, that's not in the plan, but he won't say where the spending cuts come from. on taxes, personal taxes and spending cuts, they won't give the basic details. details -- we don't need to stinking details is the message to the public. i think this creates a real big opening and you saw what david gregory was able to do to him or what jay leno does in talking about earlier in the show. barack obama will have a wide opening on the debate to say, mitt, if you can give us magic ponies, please tell us how it's going to happen. >> congressman rand, you live in northern virginia, you represent that area. what are people saying about romney? do they get this complication here that he's sort of hiding behind, i'm not telling what you i'm going to do? >> i hope they understand it. i hope they watch shows like yours, chris, but the problem is they're being besieged with t
paul ryan has all these unspecified spending cuts. so when obama and others say are you going to take people off pell grants and throw them out of head start, he goes no, we're not, that's not in the plan, but he won't say where the spending cuts come from. on taxes, personal taxes and spending cuts, they won't give the basic details. details -- we don't need to stinking details is the message to the public. i think this creates a real big opening and you saw what david gregory was able to do...
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he picked paul ryan because he was thinking about this in the context of governance. he knows if he has paul ryan on his ticket, if he were to win the white house, he has one conservative who has authentic credibility with the most conservative people in the country which are house republicans and that it would give him some capacity, some wiggle room to cut a deal. i'm not saying he's going to govern as bill clinton. i'm just saying i don't think he's going to go in there and govern from the hard right. i think -- >> this is exciting stuff we're talking about. this is the reason this campaign is fascinating. >> you wouldn't know it. >> a lot of people think romney is to the left. some on the right think president obama is to the left of how he presents himself. here is my last question to you. if paul ryan is nagging him to be unleashed, why do you have any faith he will give him cover to move to the center? >> well, i think -- >> what gives you hope -- >> think about what you have to do, we could spend the next 20 minutes on this. think about what happens after this
he picked paul ryan because he was thinking about this in the context of governance. he knows if he has paul ryan on his ticket, if he were to win the white house, he has one conservative who has authentic credibility with the most conservative people in the country which are house republicans and that it would give him some capacity, some wiggle room to cut a deal. i'm not saying he's going to govern as bill clinton. i'm just saying i don't think he's going to go in there and govern from the...
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neither romney or ryan have come up with a specific reduction. not one. they don't want to tell you anything. they may get rid of charitable, the home mortgage deduction, they may get rid of state and local tax reduction. look out, nobody is safe. okay, now we're 57 days from the 2012 election. so what's ahead for hillary clinton in 2016? we're going to get to that sugar plum. the question we all have, where is it going for the secretary of state? that's one of the great political questions of our time. anyway, let's finish tonight with what do you do when nobody likes you? what do you do if you're mitt romney. this is "hardball," the place for politics. those little thi s still get you. for you, life's about her. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your
neither romney or ryan have come up with a specific reduction. not one. they don't want to tell you anything. they may get rid of charitable, the home mortgage deduction, they may get rid of state and local tax reduction. look out, nobody is safe. okay, now we're 57 days from the 2012 election. so what's ahead for hillary clinton in 2016? we're going to get to that sugar plum. the question we all have, where is it going for the secretary of state? that's one of the great political questions of...
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legislation, thank god paul ryan was not present, and thank god paul ryan did not prevail. thank you so much for watching this afternoon. chris matthews and "hardball" is next. >>> the missing republican letter, "w." let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in dallas. let mae start with this. there was a missing letter from the republican convention, missing from republican stationary, missing from their lips, "w." you want to hear it louder? "w." he was the guy riding in the car with him when barack obama went to take the loath, the guy who left him with a stock market crashing through the floor. a 4,000 point drop in a year heading toward a 7500 point drop by the following march. wched. he left the new president with a jobless number that spiked over 10% by the following year, a financial crash so bad that the republican candidate for president in 2008 asked for time out to deal with it. a calamity outmatched only by the great crash in '29. so ask it yourself, is this country better off in the direction "w" was taking us, really? we'll get to that in a
legislation, thank god paul ryan was not present, and thank god paul ryan did not prevail. thank you so much for watching this afternoon. chris matthews and "hardball" is next. >>> the missing republican letter, "w." let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in dallas. let mae start with this. there was a missing letter from the republican convention, missing from republican stationary, missing from their lips, "w." you...
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you have got to hand it to paul ryan. for sheer dishonesty and rank hypocrisy, the man really does take the biscuit. thanks so much for watching. chris matthews picks things up now with "hardball." >>> thank you, charlotte. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews back in washington. let me start with this impressive week in charlotte. i've never seen such excitement in a political convention. it was in the faces of the people who stood at the edge of our stage, the loud roars when one of us said something about president obama, their deep concentration watching him. i don't know what this means for november. we're going to get serious economic reports between now and then and we'll know if the economy's slowing down or beginning to perk. the news we got this morning wasn't status factory, but the real question is how the voters look at this election. will they view it as a choice between two candidates or as an up or down referendum on president obama. soon after the financial crash of 2008 and 2009. p
you have got to hand it to paul ryan. for sheer dishonesty and rank hypocrisy, the man really does take the biscuit. thanks so much for watching. chris matthews picks things up now with "hardball." >>> thank you, charlotte. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews back in washington. let me start with this impressive week in charlotte. i've never seen such excitement in a political convention. it was in the faces of the people who stood...
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listen to what paul ryan said about romney's 47% rant. here it is. >> he was obviously inarticulate in making this point. the point we're trying to make here is, under the obama economy, government dependency is up and economic stagnation is up. >> do you think governor romney regrets saying what he did? >> oh, i think he would have said it differently, for sure. but the point still stands. >> there you go. what do you think when your vice presidential running mate, the sir galahad you brought in with you, starts saying you're inarticulate. just a thought? what do you think? >> i think paul ryan is a smart guy and i think he said what he had to say which is the candidate has to straighten up. he has to get his words better. he has to connect better with voters. he's got to get the ceo hat off and run like a politician. he's not run like a politician. sometimes he speaks the truth too close to the bone. he's got to be more political in his language. as the governor said, he has to connect better with voters, especially in ohio. i don't thi
listen to what paul ryan said about romney's 47% rant. here it is. >> he was obviously inarticulate in making this point. the point we're trying to make here is, under the obama economy, government dependency is up and economic stagnation is up. >> do you think governor romney regrets saying what he did? >> oh, i think he would have said it differently, for sure. but the point still stands. >> there you go. what do you think when your vice presidential running mate, the...
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like this zinger for paul ryan who blasted president obama's medicare spending cuts even though ryan's own plan called for the same amount in savings. >> it takes some brass to attack a guy for doing what you didn't. >> and that was impromptu. let's get to the numbers. clinton's prepared remarks over 3,000 words. the as-delivered over 6,000. doubled the original word count. that guy is smart. moving on to one of last night's big speech event, did you notice joe biden getting literal with the use of one word in particular? >> governor romney believes it's okay to raise taxes on middle class teams in order to pay for another -- literally another trillion dollar tax cut for the wealthy. and literally amazes me they don't understand. general motors and chrysler were literally on the verge of liquidation. literally the first days -- literally hung in the balance -- literally -- literally -- direction we turn is literally in your hands. >> well, the direction of history is literally in our hands? he dropped that word ten times. the romney campaign pounced on that one. a promotional message f
like this zinger for paul ryan who blasted president obama's medicare spending cuts even though ryan's own plan called for the same amount in savings. >> it takes some brass to attack a guy for doing what you didn't. >> and that was impromptu. let's get to the numbers. clinton's prepared remarks over 3,000 words. the as-delivered over 6,000. doubled the original word count. that guy is smart. moving on to one of last night's big speech event, did you notice joe biden getting literal...
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ryan appears to be a fraudster and what's more, sarah palin ran a faster marathon than paul ryan. three hours and fifty nine minutes and that's a fact. >>> romney fails to bounce. democrats celebrate. let's play "hardball." i'm chris matthews in charlotte, sight of the democratic national convention. let me start with something you have to experience to believe. the difference between republicans and democrats. when they get together. last week in tampa, it had the feel of a business convention. today in charlotte, it was like a labor day picnic. one reason for the upbeat mood, the much ballyhooed spike in the polls. the so-called bounce that mitt romney was supposed to get from last week's convention didn't happen. could it be that a convention based on grim resolution, lack joy, was it the lack of good will humanity that kept is nomination from soaring? could it be that wood doesn't bounce? i was in my early teens when i noticed the difference between these two parties. at the democrats convention in 1960, there was always someone yelling, will the delegates please clear the ais
ryan appears to be a fraudster and what's more, sarah palin ran a faster marathon than paul ryan. three hours and fifty nine minutes and that's a fact. >>> romney fails to bounce. democrats celebrate. let's play "hardball." i'm chris matthews in charlotte, sight of the democratic national convention. let me start with something you have to experience to believe. the difference between republicans and democrats. when they get together. last week in tampa, it had the feel of a...
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romney and ryan have not. >> stick around. up next, our "hardball" picks for the best charlotte convention moments. this is going to be easy. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing a reason...to look twice. introducing a stunning work of technology -- the entirely new lexus es. and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. nothing complicated about a pair of 10 inch hose clamp pliers. you know what's complicated? shipping. shipping's complicated. not really. with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service shipping's easy. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that's not complicated. no. come on. how about... a handshake. alright. priority mail flat rate boxes. starting at just $5.15. only from the postal service. my name is adam frucci and i'm the i love new technology,om. so when i heard that american express and twitter were teaming up, i was pretty interested. turns out you just sync your american express card securely to your twitter account, tweet specific hash
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. >>> when congressman ryan looked >>> when congressman ryan looked into that tv camera and attacked president obama's medicare savings as, quote, the biggest, he stopped to slide into depression, we made the long road to recovery and we've got the building blocks of a modern, new, different economy. that was former president bill clinton campaigning for president obama today. fresh off his show-stopping performance at the democratic convention, the big dogs out on the campaign trail. tomorrow he's in orlando and the new york times report potential trips down the road to ohio, wisconsin, iowa, nevada and new hampshire. joanne reed is managing editor of rio.com. here's president obama paying tribute to his new best surrogate. >> president clinton made the case in the way only he can. you know, somebody -- somebody e-mailed me after his speech and said, you need to appoint him secretary of explaining stuff. >> joy-ann, there you have it. he not only has charisma and a high number here, but we're going to go over the numbers in aminute, among various groups, but he does have this amazin
. >>> when congressman ryan looked >>> when congressman ryan looked into that tv camera and attacked president obama's medicare savings as, quote, the biggest, he stopped to slide into depression, we made the long road to recovery and we've got the building blocks of a modern, new, different economy. that was former president bill clinton campaigning for president obama today. fresh off his show-stopping performance at the democratic convention, the big dogs out on the...
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that's a ryan idea. >> and i thought romney was on ryan's program. >> his spending is equally fuzzy. he promised to cut defense spending, more spending on medicare, social security. how can you make the numbers work? according to ezra klein, smart guy, if romney is elected by third year in office, every federal program that's not medicare, social security or defense will be cut, on average by 40%. that means medicaid, infrastructure, education, food safety, road safety, postal service, basic research, foreign aid, housing subsidy, census, pell grant, trademark office, fda, all has to be cut on average 40%. not even remotely plausible. the consequences would be catastrophic. a lot of republicans when they vote say there's nothing in the federal government for me, i don't care how much they cut it. >> that's not true. >> cuts that are significant to me, i am trying to give your politician a break. must be some reason why. >> what republicans generally argue is that the governments, you know, going back to certainly bush years and even back to reagan has grown. so you have this new bree
that's a ryan idea. >> and i thought romney was on ryan's program. >> his spending is equally fuzzy. he promised to cut defense spending, more spending on medicare, social security. how can you make the numbers work? according to ezra klein, smart guy, if romney is elected by third year in office, every federal program that's not medicare, social security or defense will be cut, on average by 40%. that means medicaid, infrastructure, education, food safety, road safety, postal...
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he's not really a ryan republican ideologue conviction politician, but he put him on the ticket. isn't that the fundamental problem with the guy? he wants to date these people through the election. he wants their support, but he doesn't want to be one of them. he doesn't want to marry them. is that true? >> yes. look, chris, i think he's a person who is fundamentally ill suited to being the republican nominee given what the republican party currently is. and you could say that on a bunch of different levels. it's an evangelical party and he's a mormon. it's a southern and western -- southern and western party, he's a northeasterner. it's a populist party. he's more or less an establishmentarian. he wanted to say barack obama has failed as an economic steward, and i'm a business guy and so i know how to create jobs. and as soon as that fell away, as soon as people started to think that the economy was doing better, as soon as people started to think that this was about policies for the future and not just about a referendum on the past, he's found himself adrift in terms of what t
he's not really a ryan republican ideologue conviction politician, but he put him on the ticket. isn't that the fundamental problem with the guy? he wants to date these people through the election. he wants their support, but he doesn't want to be one of them. he doesn't want to marry them. is that true? >> yes. look, chris, i think he's a person who is fundamentally ill suited to being the republican nominee given what the republican party currently is. and you could say that on a bunch...
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paul ryan, also a wisconsinite and a packers fan, agreed. >> i mean, give me a break. it is time to get the real refs, and you know what? it reminds me of president obama and the economy. if you can't get it right, it's time to get out. i half think that these refs work part time for the obama administration and the budget office. they see a debt crisis and they just ignore and pretend it didn't even happen. they're trying to pick the winners and losers, and they don't even do that very well. >> what a cheap exploitation of something people really care about. anyway, why are the anti-union guys like walker and ryan trying to get the unionized -- see the irony, refs back on the field? what bad speech writing. by the way, he was reading it off the lectern. he couldn't even remember it. >>> next, the story of chris christie and a reporter. the first one of the season anyway. at an event yesterday one reporter pressed christie on his state's full foreclosure laws, its policies. you know what came up next? >> do you have a follow-up question? >> who are you, by the way? >>
paul ryan, also a wisconsinite and a packers fan, agreed. >> i mean, give me a break. it is time to get the real refs, and you know what? it reminds me of president obama and the economy. if you can't get it right, it's time to get out. i half think that these refs work part time for the obama administration and the budget office. they see a debt crisis and they just ignore and pretend it didn't even happen. they're trying to pick the winners and losers, and they don't even do that very...